Shortnin’ Bread

Shortnin’ Bread
a traditional African-American children’s song about home-made ‘shortening bread’, bread or pastry made with cheap fat. It includes the lines:
Two little children lying in bed;
One turned over, and the other one said,
‘Mammy’s little baby loves shortnin’, shortnin’,
Mammy’s little baby loves shortnin’ bread.‘

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